Morus may refer to:

People

* Alexander Morus (1616–1670), Franco-Scottish Protestant preacher * Henryk Moruś (1943–2013), Polish serial killer *

Huw Morus Huw Morus or Morys (1622 – 31 August 1709), also known by his bardic name ''Eos Ceiriog'' ("the nightingale of Ceiriog"), was a Welsh poet. One of the most popular and prolific poets of his time, he composed a large number of poems in a variety ...

(1622–1709), Welsh poet *

Thomas More Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, judge, social philosopher, author, statesman, and noted Renaissance humanist. He also served Henry VIII as Lord ...

or Morus (1478–1535), English philosopher * Morus Clynnog (c. 1525–1581), Welsh Roman Catholic priest and recusant exile * Morus Dwyfach (fl. c. 1523–1590), Welsh-language poet * Morus Hasratyan (1902–1979), Armenian historian and philologist *

Moors The term Moor, derived from the ancient Mauri, is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages. Moors are not a distinc ...

, ''Mōrus'' in late Latin, people of the Maghreb region

Other uses

* ''Morus'' (plant), a genus of trees in the family Moraceae commonly known as mulberries * ''Morus'' (bird), a genus of seabirds in the family Sulidae commonly known as gannets *

Moros In Greek mythology, Moros /ˈmɔːrɒs/ or Morus /ˈmɔːrəs/ (Ancient Greek: Μόρος means 'doom, fate') is the 'hateful' personified spirit of impending doom, who drives mortals to their deadly fate. It was also said that Moros gave peop ...

, the personified spirit of impending doom in Greek mythology * Latin for

morula A morula (Latin, ''morus'': mulberry) is an early-stage embryo consisting of a solid ball of cells called blastomeres, contained in mammals, and other animals within the zona pellucida shell. The blastomeres are the daughter cells of the zygot ...

, an early-stage embryo consisting of 16 cells *

Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) is a not-for profit museum dedicated to archiving the history of community gardens, squatting, and grassroots environmental activism of the Lower East Side neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Lo ...

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